by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 16,905 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,352 and had an average of $29,054 in loans still to pay off.
Across Connecticut, there were 135 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,840 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public administration.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree public admin students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 24 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Administration at University of New Haven
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albertus Magnus College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut. Albertus Magnus College is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut. Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #5 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 58 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Sacred Heart University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Connecticut ranking. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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